There was a combined almost $126 million of land and rural real estate for sale in Marathon County, Wisconsin, recently on Land.com. The total of all Marathon County farms and rural land for sale was almost 3,000 acres. Marathon County ranks eighth in the Cheese State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Marathon County with farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale, Wausau featured the most land for sale. From an economic perspective, manufacturing and related services are the main sectors in Marathon County. Marathon County is one of the ten biggest counties in Wisconsin (1,576 square miles). It's located in the North Central Wisconsin region of Wisconsin.